Where: Rhodes, Greece (36.3° N, 28.1° E: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 27.8° E)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
When: MN 13 (7.2 - 4.9 Ma)
• Traditionally considered to be Pliocene, but the presence of Calomyscus and Pelomys rather suggest allocation to MN 13 (Doukas, 2005)
Environment/lithology: fissure fill
Primary reference: H. de Bruijn, M.R. Dawson, and P. Mein. 1970. Upper Pliocene Rodentia, Lagomorpha and Insectivora (Mammalia) from the isle of Rhodes (Greece). I, II and III. Proceedings van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series B 73(5):535-584 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 68046: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 29.12.2006, edited by Terri Cleary and Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Blarinella sp. Thomas 1911 Asiatic short-tailed shrew
Episoriculus gibberodon Petenyi 1864 red-toothed shrew | |
Myomimus maritsensis n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 1970 dormouse
Eliomys intermedius Priant 1953 dormouse | |
Keramidomys carpaticus rodent | |
Calomyscus minor n. sp.
Calomyscus minor n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 1970 mouse | |
Cricetus lophidens n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 1970 mouse
? Cricetulus sp. Milne-Edwards 1867 mouse
Mesocricetus primitivus n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 1970 mouse | |
Rhagapodemus vandeweerdi n. sp.1, Occitanomys anomalus n. sp., Castillomys sp., Castillomys crusafonti, Apodemus cf. dominans, Pelomys europeus n. sp., Pseudomeriones abbreviatus, Spalax sotiriosi n. sp.
Occitanomys anomalus n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 1970 mouse
Castillomys crusafonti Michaux 1969 mouse
Apodemus cf. dominans Eurasian field mouse
Pelomys europeus n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 1970 groove-toothed swamp rat
Pseudomeriones abbreviatus Teilhard 1926 gerbil
Spalax sotiriosi n. sp. blind mole | |
Atlantoxerus rhodius n. sp., Spermophilinus giganteus n. sp.
Atlantoxerus rhodius n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 1970 squirrel
Spermophilinus giganteus n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 1970 squirrel | |
Trischizolagus maritsae n. sp.
Trischizolagus maritsae n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 1970 rabbit | |
Ochotona sp. Link 1795 pika | |
Reptilia | |
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